On the first day of G.R. 2013, a squad of T.L.A. troops retreats across a grassy plateau on Refuge, with a much larger VoL force in pursuit.

They have nowhere left to run...

... but a new challenger has just appeared.

For a moment, the battlefield is silent except for the roar of the gunship's jet engines. And then --

DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA

DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA

DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA.

As the gunship moves forward and drops a squad of Assault Commandos, the VoL's resolve begins to waver...

... but when it shits a tank, they break and run away.

As the tank and the gunship's secondary gatling guns mow down the retreating VoL, the victorious T.L.A. troopers begin to chant. " ! Studs for the Stud God! STUDS FOR THE STUD GOD!"

The S.T.U.D.S. was an effective gunship for many years, but it had several key weaknesses -- notably a need for moar dakka and a total inability to defecate armored vehicles. These problems have been remedied with the Strategic Tankshitting ÜberDakka Gunship of Death (S.T.Ü.D.G.O.D.), a new gunship design that can mow down infantry and armor alike with twenty gun barrels distributed among four gatling guns and poop out tanks like General Patton on Ex-Lax.

The cockpit uses that new cockpit piece. I've wanted one for, like, a year now, but only got it this Saturnalia. There was an Imperial V-wing attached, but that was only a temporary inconvenience.

It looks great, but its structural stability could be better. Maybe over spring break I'll refit it with a Technic frame.

The wingtip engines barely clear the ground when the gear is down.

The Dakka. The heavy, fixed gatling guns were copied from a Britannian Steam Gatling.

(just little more light in all your photographs) That gunship... all of the T.L.A. airforce looks extremely sleek and deadly. Bobs chief of airforce must be one helluva guy/gal since the military budget is spent so onesided, but them again with these results... thanks for sharing pics Theblackdog, everything looks great.